LAKE WORTH  ~  LANTANA ~ BOYNTON BEACH ~ DELRAY BEACH ~ BOCA RATON


LAKE WORTH

Located just south of West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Florida takes it's name from the body of water (intra-coastal waterway) along its eastern border, originally called "Lake Worth."  The Lake itself was named for General William J. Worth, who led U.S. forces during the last part of the Second Seminole Indian War.  General Worth went on to Texas to fight in the Mexican/American War and Ft. Worth, Texas is also named after General Worth.  Primarily a residential community Lake Worth has gone through a major renaissance over the past decade and downtown Lake Worth has become a local hot spot for dining and antiquing and is the home of the historic Lake Worth Playhouse.  You may have seen Lake Worth in the 1981 steamy William Hurt/ Kathleen Turner/Richard Crenna movie Body Heat.  Visit Lake Worth @  www.lakeworth.org



LANTANA/MANALAPAN

Founded in 1988 by the M.B. Lyman family Lantana still retains the charm of its origins an an old Florida fishing village.  Lantana is located approximately 15 minutes south of Palm Beach on the west side of the intra-coastal waterway, just across from Manalapan, Florida.   Manalapan is located at the southern end of the barrier island that primarily makes up Palm Beach.  The Ritz Carlton Ocean-front Hotel is located in Manalapan, just across the bridge from Lantana.  Visit Lantana @  www.lantana.org  and Manalapan @  www.manalapan.org

  


BOYNTON BEACH

Michagander Major Nathan S. Boynton founded Boynton Beach after the Civil War in the late 1800s.  Today Boynton Beach is primarily a residential community stretching from the intra-coastal waterway on the east to west of the Florida Turnpike.  Boynton Beach is known for it's many retirement communities, and you may have seen Boynton Beach in the Joseph Bologna/Dyan Cannon/Sally Kellerman movie The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club, shot in Boynton Beach. Visit Boynton Beach @  www.boynton-beach.org




DELRAY BEACH

Originally a farming community. Delray Beach is now a hotbed of tourism.  Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach is a favorite spot of people from all over southeast Florida (and all over the east coast of the United States ) for shopping, dining and cultural activities.  The Colony Hotel on Atlantic Avenue, built in 1926, is a favorite Delray Beach Historic Landmark.  Delray also has one of the nicest and most user-friendly beaches in southeast Florida.  Delray Beach is a Sister City with Miyazu, Japan and the home of the Morikami Museum and Japanes Gardens named after George Morikami who was born in Miyazu.  Visit Delray Beach @  www.delraybeach.com

        


BOCA RATON

Boca Raton is the southernmost city in Palm Beach, County. " Boca" is a Spanish word for mouth, while "raton" is Spanish for mouse or rat.  "Boca Raton" describes the inlet (mouth) to Boca Raton from the Atlantic Ocean.  Spanish sailors used the word "raton" to describe the rocks lining the inlet that gnawed (as would a rat) at the ships' cables.  Although primarily a residential community, Boca Raton became well known in the late 1960s into the 1970s as the home of  IBM's personal computer development complex.  Boca Raton was one of the last Palm Beach County cities to experience significant growth, and as a result of it's strict development code is one of the most attractive cities in southeast Florida.  Visit Boca Raton @  www.boca-raton.fl.us